Combination extension-table.



No. 715,045. Patented Dec. 2.1902.

A. F. FLATLEY & J. .m. ARTHUR.

COMBINATION EXTENSION TABLE.

(Application filed Dec. 9, '1901.

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COMBINATION EXTENSBION TABLE.

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Nrrnn STATES ANDREW F. FLATLEY, OF IRVINGTON, AND JOHN M. ARTHUR, OFEAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO FRITZ HINNI,

OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINATION EXTENSION-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,045, dated December2, 1902.

Application filed December 9, 1901. Serial No. 85,174. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it floaty concern.-

Beit known that we, ANDREW F. FLATLEY, residing at Irvington, and JOHNM. ARTHUR, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State ofNew Jersey, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in a Combination Extension-Table; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide an extension-table whichcan be used for dining, playing cards, or any of the uses to whichtables are commonly put; to provide such a table having a middle leafwhich when removed can be set up as an auxiliary stand or table; toenable the entire table-top to be removed and set upon a temporary frameor support specially provided, the body of the table being adapted to bethen opened to form a shuflie-board, ninepin-alley, or the like; tosecure a simple and practical construction, and to secure otheradvantages and results, some of which maybe referred to hereinafter inconnection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved combination extension-table andin the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, allsubstantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced inthe clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure l is a plan of the body part of our improved table with the topmostly broken away. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the table with the topoff. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aplan ofthe body of the table opened to form a shuffle-board, ninepin-alley, orthe like; and Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sections of the same on lines aand 2 Fig. 4:, respectively.

In said drawings, a a indicate legs connected by a top plate a andbottom brace a two pairs of such legs being provided to support the bodypart of our improved table at its opposite ends, as is common in tables.Said body consists of a rectangular framework (referring particularly toFigs. 1 and 3) divided into two longitudinal halves b I), each forming asort of shallow box-or trough open at the topand having aclosed bottom.-One of these halves, as b, is rigidly attached at its ends to theopposite pairs of the legs of the table, while the other, I), is hingedto the first by its adjacent side at one end, as at c, and adapted to beswung around in a horizontal plane through one hundred and eightydegrees to lie in alinement with the first-ment'ioned half I), as shownin Fig. 4. The two ends of the table-body halves b 1), adapted to bebrought together as above described, are open, so that when said halvesare brought into endwise alinement their interiors form one long chamberor trough. This chamber or trough we have adapted in our invention to beused as a shuffle-board or ninepin-alley by providing the bottom of thesame with a raised course or way 6, upon which balls can be rolled orthe like.

To support the swinging half or section b of the table-body when swungaround into alinement with thestationary part b, we extend, as at d, thetop plate a of that pair of legs upon which the hinged ends of thetablebody sections rest, so that a ledge is provided for the inner endof said swinging half to rest upon, as shown in Fig. 4. To support theouter end, the table is provided with auxiliary or center legs f,extending downward from a connecting-piece g, pivoted at one end, as atg, to the under side of the swing ing half or section of the table-body.When said swinging section of the table-body is in normal position, theconnecting-piece g of the said legs lies lengthwise of the said section;but when the swinging section is extended said connecting-piece andauxiliary legs are turned to lie crosswise of the section, as shown inFig. 4.

To hold the two halves or sections of the table-body together whenclosed, we employ a connecting-rod h, which extends beneath 100 thetable and hooks at its opposite ends over downwardly-projecting studs orpins h at the opposite outer sides of the sections, the end of each studbeing bent horizontally to form a rest 77 to prevent the hooked roddropping off. When the two table halves or sections are turned intoalinement, this connectingband h may be disposed at the side thereofoverlapping the joint to hold them in alinement, as in Fig. 4.

Counters 2' are preferably provided upon the upper edges of the sectionsor halves of the table-body.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is 1. Agame-table having supporting-legs, a body comprising sections hingedtogether to swing in horizontal plane, said sections being adapted tolie side by side or be extended into end-to-end alinement, and alocking-bar for securing said sections in either of said positions. v

2. A game-table having supporting-legs, a body comprising a section b,stationary upon said legs and a second section Z), hinged to said firstsection b, to swing in horizontal plane with respect to the stationarysection, and an auxiliary supporting leg or standard pivoted to swinghorizontally upon the under side of said swinging section near its edgenext the stationary section, said auxiliary support being pivotedeccentrically and adapted to be turned either to lie wholly beneath theswinging section or to project beneath the stationary section.

3. A game-table having end-supporting legs, a body comprisingindependent troughlike sections normally lying side by side and beinghinged together at one end, each section being open at its hinged endand one section being fixed to the supporting-legs and the other adaptedto swing in a horizontal plane, and an auxiliary leg having ahorizontheir opposite ends upon said opposite pairs of legs, saidsections being hinged together at one end to swing horizontally and oneseetion being fixed to the said legs, each section I having an upwardlyprojecting marginal flange extending around its upper side except at thehinged end, whereby when extended the two sections provide a longtroughlike game-board, and a removable table-top adapted to cover saidsections when closed.

5. The herein-described combination game and dining table, comprisingrelatively fixed supporting-legs, horizontally-disposed bodysectionsnormally arranged side by side upon said legs, and being hinged togetherat two adjacent ends to swing in horizontal plane and one being fast tosaid legs, said sections being recessed or trough-like at the top andopen at their hinged ends, whereby they may be extended into a longgame-board, auxiliary supporting-legs eccentrically pivoted to the freesection to swing horizontally and adapted to be turned either inwardbeneath said section or outward to project therefrom and an independentdining-top adapted to be laid over said hinged sections when closed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 8th day of November, 1901.

ANDREYV F. FLATLEY. JOHN M. ARTHUR. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, C. B. PITNEY.

